job application form; employee satisfaction
loveable; very likeable; like very much
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
manly; masculine; like a man
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
I see; that's right; indeed
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
serialization; serialisation; serial story
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
indicate reason; infers some protest
to explain adequately; to be accountable
how long; how far; how much